Iran vs Israel: Arms imports

Arms imports: 42 million TIV in Iran in 2024 and 537 million TIV in Israel in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Israel, by 195 million TIV, or 5.64 times that in Iran.

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SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

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Israel has been higher since 2012, when it overtook Iran.
The world as a whole: 30.6 billion TIV in 2024.

Every year

SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI

Year	Iran	Israel	World
2025	–	537 million	33.3 billion
2024	42 million	237 million	30.6 billion
2023	21 million	863 million	29.5 billion
2022	–	833 million	33 billion
2021	–	458 million	26.8 billion
2020	2 million	379 million	23.4 billion
2019	3 million	516 million	26.9 billion
2018	3 million	491 million	27.3 billion
2017	3 million	565 million	31.2 billion
2016	413 million	652 million	31.4 billion
2015	11 million	694 million	28.7 billion
2014	14 million	549 million	27 billion
2013	14 million	160 million	27.4 billion
2012	39 million	137 million	27.9 billion
2011	89 million	86 million	29.9 billion
2010	87 million	76 million	25.8 billion
2009	92 million	162 million	24 billion
2008	57 million	680 million	24.1 billion
2007	325 million	840 million	26.5 billion
2006	418 million	1.13 billion	24.4 billion
2005	53 million	1.1 billion	21.3 billion
2004	117 million	846 million	21.3 billion
2003	283 million	189 million	19.2 billion
2002	435 million	350 million	17.7 billion
2001	526 million	116 million	18.3 billion
2000	417 million	389 million	20.5 billion
1999	321 million	1.28 billion	25.3 billion
1998	374 million	1.3 billion	27.9 billion
1997	172 million	67 million	28.9 billion
1996	608 million	105 million	23.7 billion
1995	289 million	372 million	22.9 billion
1994	451 million	767 million	22.8 billion
1993	960 million	716 million	25.8 billion
1992	406 million	1.34 billion	24.3 billion
1991	990 million	1.21 billion	27.8 billion
1990	444 million	81 million	28.6 billion
1989	194 million	24 million	31.7 billion
1988	469 million	582 million	32.9 billion
1987	807 million	1.08 billion	36.2 billion
1986	805 million	1.18 billion	35.5 billion
1985	639 million	295 million	33.2 billion
1984	562 million	270 million	36.8 billion
1983	466 million	475 million	39.1 billion
1982	499 million	866 million	41.4 billion
1981	487 million	1.66 billion	42 billion
1980	278 million	1.25 billion	37.4 billion
1979	526 million	709 million	33.3 billion
1978	3.72 billion	1.22 billion	39.2 billion
1977	5.48 billion	1.23 billion	37 billion
1976	4.65 billion	2 billion	33 billion
1975	5.23 billion	1.18 billion	34.2 billion
1974	2.86 billion	1.03 billion	32.9 billion
1973	2.05 billion	2.18 billion	32.6 billion
1972	1.38 billion	963 million	28.7 billion
1971	2.1 billion	1.41 billion	29.3 billion
1970	899 million	1.19 billion	22.1 billion
1969	950 million	1.37 billion	24.7 billion
1968	917 million	926 million	22.4 billion
1967	553 million	229 million	22.1 billion
1966	601 million	460 million	22.4 billion
1965	496 million	447 million	23.1 billion
1964	139 million	415 million	24.2 billion
1963	105 million	368 million	18.1 billion
1962	83 million	279 million	15.5 billion
1961	75 million	88 million	15 billion
1960	141 million	164 million	15.7 billion

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Major weapons the country received, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
Ranks count the 110 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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